DESCRIPTION

-Check design compression strength of single angle members to AISC LRFD Single Angle Specifications 3rd Ed.
-Material assumed to conform to ASTM A36
-Design Example 4.3 from AISC LRFD
INPUT PARAMETERS
-Factored Axial Load
-Member Unbraced Length
-Member Size
-Table Row

Pu
L
Des
row

=
=
=
= Match(Des,section,0)

=
=
=
=

Boundary Conditions
-unbraced length factor
-unbraced length factor
-unbraced length factor

Kx
Ky
Kz

=
=
=

=
=
=

1.0 []
1.0 []
1.0 []

1.0 []
1.0 []
1.0 []

MATERIAL
-Yield strength
-Shear Modulus
-Elastic Modulus

Fy
Gs
E

=
=
=

36 [ksi]
11200 [ksi]
29000 [ksi]

248 [MPa]
77241 [MPa]
200000 [MPa]

Section Properties
-Member Designation
-Gross Area
-Flexural Constant
-Radius of Gyration about Z
-Radius of Gyration about Y
-Radius of Gyration about X
-Polar Radius of Gyration about shear centre
-Moment of Inertia about x-x
-Thickness
- Leg 1
- Leg 2
-Moment of Inertia about y-y
-Torsional Constant
-Reduction Factor for unstiffened elements

Ag
Hc
RZ
RY
RX
ro
Ix
tk
ss
ll
Iy
J
Qs

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

SLENDERNES
-Slenderness about x-x
-Slenderness about z-z
-Slenderness about y-y

SLx
SLz
SLy

= Kx*L/RX
= Kz*L/RZ
= Ky*L/RY
if(max(SLx, Sly,SLx)>200,"NOT
= OK","OK")

=
=
=

68.06 []
107.88 []
68.06 []

68.06 []
107.88 []
68.06 []

OK []

[]

12.77 []

12.77 []

index(table,row,4)
index(table,row,48)
index(table,row,39)
index(table,row,38)
index(table,row,34)
index(table,row,47)
index(table,row,31)
index(table,row,13)
index(table,row,9)
index(table,row,5)
index(table,row,35)
Ix+Iy
index(table,row,50)

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25.45
52.0
L2-1/2X2-1/2X1/4
498

L2-1/2X2-1/2X1/4
1.19
0.629
0.48
0.76
0.76
1.36
0.7
0.250
2.5
2.5
0.69
1.38
1.000

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113 [kN]
1320.8 [mm]

L64X64X6.4
767.74
15.98
12.24
19.41
19.41
34.5
288032
6.35
63.50
63.50
288032
576064
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CALCULATIONS

-Check Slenderness

Chk

AXIAL COMPRESSION
-Limiting Slenderness Parameter

lr

-Check if section elements comply with LRFD E2

Sld

= 0.45*sqrt(E/Fy)
if(Qs=1,"Complies with LRFD
= E2","Does not Comply")
if(SLy>SLx, "Y-Y Buckling","X-X
Buckling")

lc

= max(SLx,SLy,SLz)*(1/pi())*sqrt(Fy/E) =

-Critical Stress

Fcrl

-Local Buckling Strength

-Check for Elastic Buckling

Pnl

= c^2)*Fy),(0.877/lc^2)*Fy)
= 0.9*Fcrl*Ag
if(Pu>Pnl,"NOT OK","OK")

-Buckling axis
-Column Slenderness Parameter

=mplies with LRFD E2

=

X-X Buckling
1.2099 []

1.210 []

-LOCAL BUCKLING
if(lc*sqrt(Qs)<=1.5,(Qs*0.658^(Qs*l
=

19.507 [ksi]

=
=

20.9 [kip]
NOT OK

135 [MPa]
93 [kN]